Oh ya. What a sleep. I woke up next to the creek. I got up packed all of my stuff enjoyed some shitty insta-coffee with the awesome Belgians and checked out the creek.
I got in my car and it’s time to head out. Today was to be a relatively boring day with too much driving, maybe a stop in Vegas to throw some craps. I’m guessing from the context clues you know as well as I do that didn’t pan out.
I was making such beautiful time with only 15 minutes to go to Vegas and BEEP BEEP BEEP **CHECK GAUGES** lights up. Fucking car overheated. I thought I fixed this.
My mechanic Rich back at home tried helping me over the phone with some ideas. I filled it up with radiator fluid and headed to a autozone about 5 min down the road. I learned a lot about my wrangler on this day. First step changing out the thermostat, gasket and refilling the radiator fluid. I took a hour and a half break eating at a fast food place they have out there while I waiting for my car to cool down.
I went back fixed all of this with the help of the awesome autozone employees and then filled this bitch up and took off. To my dismay I did not fill it enough so it OVER HEATED AGAINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. FML. Now I am on the side of a ramp on a bridge with cars whipping around the corner that can barely see me. I am shitting my pants. I am standing there shaking because im just waiting to get MACKED by some retard who isn’t paying attention because I was too dumb to do it right in the first place. Some guy in a van pulls up and i told him whats going on and he tells me it might be my entire radiator. T_T
I won’t lie. Throughout all of this I stayed pretty upbeat regardless. I knew it was bound to happen. My jeep has had problems in the past and I’ve had it since 2004. It’s a 2002 Jeep Wrangler Sport 6 cylinder manual and its owner has been this moron since 2004. If this isn’t a testament to the quality and tenacity of a 2002 Jeep nothing is.
I add more radiator fluid and speed to another autozone to try a few more things. I am 3 hours off schedule now but I can still make it to Reno by like 11-12am. Which wouldn’t be bad. Nice.
I honestly can’t ever remember what else I did at this point because it was becoming increasingly frustrating as 12am turned into 5am. I am now under the realization that I am in Vegas but not even going to enjoy 5 minutes of it and I am clearly not going to make it to Reno either.
At this point it’s 11pm. I am covered head to toe in grease and soot and I am still 6.5 hours away from Reno. I think I finally have it but I want to take a ride to make sure I don’t overheat on the highway again so I go to Walmart to grab a few more things I need for the car and burning man. This is of no consequence other than the fact that I am nervous about my car, the drive, making it to burning man the next day and I am completely covered from the shit on the ground and the grease and other things of my car. The last thing I think I need to add is gear fluid for my front differential because its making a clicking sound. I try to do it but it immediately starts leaking out so I think I need to jack it up. I don’t have one and I am certainly not buying one.
Well shit. I am going to drive as far as I can and then find a motel to take a shower and pass out. I won’t lie, I was terrified driving for the next two hours. Completely convinced something bad was going to happen while I was driving. It was not a good feeling but I was so determined to get to burning man I had to go for it.
Finally I am too tired and can no longer drive. This little town comes up and all fo the places are like $67 to stay. Here is the dilemma. I need a shower. Tomorrow starts burning man where I will be stinky and dirty for the whole week and if I don’t stop and shower now I won’t until next week. Two hours down the road were places for $50 but I really doubt I could’ve made it until 4am. I stopped in this little casino hotel and took one of the greatest showers of my life. I even got that orange scrub to get off tough grease and shit. I had a beer and wrote out a couple of things and posted pictures in bed BUT IT ALL DELETED. And if you want to know a secret this stuff can take me hours to write. I was very sad so I even rewrote the one and it didn’t save. Needless to say I was pretty upset. That’s why you got the previous from the playa post. It should’ve been at least a story or two more first. Shit happens.
Tomorrow, if my car holds up, should be a straight shot to the place I have been waiting 6 years to experience. I hope it holds up to everything I could imagine and more. Spoiler: It will.
Even when life throws shit at you just smile back. Nothing can defeat you if you don’t let it.
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